Comments on: The Road to 121 Losses http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/04/11/the-road-to-121-losses/ 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:05:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Mark Athitakis http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/04/11/the-road-to-121-losses/comment-page-1/#comment-4658 Mark Athitakis Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:40:11 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/04/11/the-road-to-121-losses/#comment-4658 Had to check. Boswell got some good lines off then. From 4/29/88: All 24 Baltimore players are in the same foxhole, under fire. Every day, they are in the national spotlight, followed by more cameras and pencils than some pennant winners. They are jokes, clowns, symbols of ineptitude and failure in the clutch. Objects of pity. The President calls to sympathize. If a man in Duluth falls down the basement steps, his wife will probably tell him he's ready to play for the Orioles. Had to check. Boswell got some good lines off then. From 4/29/88:

All 24 Baltimore players are in the same foxhole, under fire. Every day, they are in the national spotlight, followed by more cameras and pencils than some pennant winners. They are jokes, clowns, symbols of ineptitude and failure in the clutch. Objects of pity. The President calls to sympathize. If a man in Duluth falls down the basement steps, his wife will probably tell him he's ready to play for the Orioles.

]]> By: Cherkis http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/04/11/the-road-to-121-losses/comment-page-1/#comment-4644 Cherkis Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:17:01 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/04/11/the-road-to-121-losses/#comment-4644 The Postie may want to re-read his paper's coverage of the Orioles' 0-21 record in '88 for new words to describe abject failure. The Postie may want to re-read his paper's coverage of the Orioles' 0-21 record in '88 for new words to describe abject failure.

]]> By: Mark Athitakis http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/04/11/the-road-to-121-losses/comment-page-1/#comment-4640 Mark Athitakis Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:32:38 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/04/11/the-road-to-121-losses/#comment-4640 Svrluga had to use the word "putrid" yesterday, and we're not even two weeks into the season. The Post is gonna have to let the man swear in print by the all-star break, just to keep him from repeating himself. Svrluga had to use the word "putrid" yesterday, and we're not even two weeks into the season. The Post is gonna have to let the man swear in print by the all-star break, just to keep him from repeating himself.

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